History Final tri 3

genocide

Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group

HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)

Committee responsible for rooting out communists in American Government and Society

Civil Rights Act of 1968

A law that banned discrimination in housing

Richard Nixon

37th president of the united states (1969-1974) (republican)

New Federalism

System in which the national government restores greater authority back to the states & local governments

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1955 protest action to end segregation on buses in Montgomery, Alabama

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Commander of Allied Forces in the South Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea.

GI Bill of Rights

Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education

Black Panthers

A black political organization that was against peaceful protest and for violence if needed.

Martin Luther King Jr.

U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader opposing discrimination by organizing nonviolent resistance.

revenue sharing

Federal sharing of a fixed percentage of its revenue with the states.

Suburbia

The residential districts or suburbs outside the boundaries of a city or town.

Consumerism

A preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods.

freedom riders

Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states to protest bus segregation.

Stagflation

A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment and high inflation.

Watergate Scandal

A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices that led to Nixon's resignation.

Gerald Ford

38th President who pardoned Nixon, considered a weak leader (1974-1977).

Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President from 1977-1981, Democratic, former peanut farmer.

entitlement program

Programs that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.

McCarthyism

The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism without proof.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

1965 Act that got rid of tests to deny the vote.

Conservatism

Political orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society.

Star Wars Program

The Strategic Defense Initiative under President Ronald Reagan.

Affirmative Action

A policy designed to fix discrimination against women and minority groups.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 known for his liberalization efforts.

Perestroika

A policy that moved communist Russia towards a market-based economy.

Counterculture

Cultural patterns that strongly oppose widely accepted societal norms.

La Raza Unida

A political party organized to unite Mexican Americans politically.

Cesar Chavez

Non-violent leader of the United Farm Workers, organized labor strikes.

AIM (American Indian Movement)

A Native American organization founded to protest injustices suffered by Native Americans.

ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)

The southern Vietnamese soldiers who fought with U.S. troops.

Domino Theory

The theory that if one nation becomes communist, neighboring nations will also fall to communism.

Pentagon Papers

Top-secret U.S. government report on the Vietnam War.

election of 1968

The election in which Nixon won; conservative republican victory.

Body Count

In Vietnam's ground war, success was measured by enemy casualties.

War Powers Act

Legislation limiting the president's deployment of troops without Congressional approval.

draft

A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.

William Westmoreland

American commander in South Vietnam who requested more troops.

Separate but equal

Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson that legalized segregation.

Malcolm X

Black Muslim civil rights activist who argued for separation, assassinated in 1965.

de jure segregation

Racial segregation that is required by law.

beat movement

A 1950s social and artistic movement emphasizing literary self expression and nonconformity.

End of WWII

September 2, 1945.

Robert Kennedy

Democrat who ran for president in 1968, promoting civil rights and assassinated in that year.

President John F Kennedy

President during key Cold War events including the Cuban Missile Crisis.

hot line

Direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin.

peace corps

Agency established in 1961 for volunteer assistance to developing nations.

Warren Commission

Committee that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy.

Medicare

Federal program providing health insurance for seniors, signed in 1965.

Cuban Missile Crisis

The 1962 confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba.

new frontier

Kennedy's plan supporting civil rights and a space program.

space race

Competition of space exploration between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Lyndon B. Johnson

36th U.S. President following JFK, known for his Great Society reforms.

Great Society

President Johnson's reform program including Medicare and civil rights legislation.

Brown v. Board of Education

1954 case declaring racially segregated facilities inherently unequal.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Act outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

appeasement

Accepting demands to avoid conflict.

Causes of WWII 1939-1945

Great Depression, Nazi party emergence, Treaty of Versailles, and Hitler's actions.

Lend-Lease Act

Laws allowing the U.S. to give aid to Allies in early WWII.

Battle of Britain

Aerial battle in 1940 between German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force.

WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)

Women's organization that volunteered during the war.

Battle of the Atlantic

Germany's naval attempt to cut off British supply ships during WWII.

George Marshall

U.S. General who created the Marshall Plan for rebuilding Europe.

President Truman

Created the Truman Doctrine and integrated the military.

Internment Camps

Used to hold Japanese-Americans during WWII.

Battle of the Bulge

Germany's last major offensive in WWII, December 1944-January 1945.

D-Day

June 6, 1944, the invasion of Normandy, marking the turning point of WWII.

VE Day

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered.

Manhattan Project

A secret project for constructing the atomic bomb.

Atomic Bomb

A nuclear weapon used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Agency controlling inflation during WWII.

nisei

A Japanese American whose parents were born in Japan.

Truman Doctrine

Policy providing aid to countries threatened by communism.

Result of Korean War

Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel.

U-2 Incident

Incident where an American spy plane was shot down over the USSR.